Offering a job: Meritocracy and social networks

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 763-816

  Petersen, Trond ^a   Saporta, Ishak ^b   Seidel, Marc David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040194103     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318961     Document Type: Article

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